Disinformation

Portrait of a serious middle-aged man in a black jacket and white shirt indoors.

False Friends

Fabienne, A neighbor and health food fanatic, had invited Patrice and me, and some three dozens of her (mostly) French friends to a soiree. Thus, the evening's language was French....
Waves crashing against rocky coastline under a clear sky.

War in Ukraine observed from United Kingdom

Patrice and I are spending Christmas with Michelle and Nigel in Horsmonden, UK. We had met them a week ago in Calais to drive to Bruges, Belgium, for the Christmas...
Three colorful hot air balloons float over a calm lake at sunset.

First Impressions and bad judgement

I work on my next novel “Resurrection” every day. My first objective is to tell a good story. My second it to get the spelling, punctuation and grammar right. Somewhere...
Waves crashing against rocky coastline under a clear sky.

Golden Rain, Fake New, and Dezinformatsiya

‘Fake news’ in the US 2016 Presidential election.  I have Facebook friends and relatives who repost without respite their unfiltered political or doomer or climate or religious mania.  Used to be one encountered...

Liars and Storytellers (4): Reason to Believe

If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find...

Liars & Storytellers (3) (Background)

"Life's becoming better, sweeter," the poster announces.  Deception begins with truth, however thin,  The Great Famine, 1931-32, witnessed 6-8 million Soviet deaths by starvation. Indeed, in 1934, when this poster appeared,...